| Spanish | English | |
|---|---|---|
| Common | ||
| Common | inventado [v] | participle of inventar |
| General | ||
| General | inventado [adj] | made-up |
| General | inventado [adj] | invented |
| General | inventado [adj] | fancied |
| General | inventado [adj] | imaginary |
| Speaking | ||
| Speaking | inventado | made up |
| Colloquial | ||
| Colloquial | inventado | trumped-up |
| Law | ||
| Law | inventado [adj] | fabricated |
| Archaic | ||
| Archaic | inventado [adj] | commentitious |
| Spanish | English | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | ||||
| General | inventado por novedad | new-fangled | ||
| Idioms | ||||
| Idioms | no haber inventado la pólvora [m] | not to set the thames on fire | ||
| Idioms | lo mejor que se ha inventado (en mucho tiempo) | best thing since sliced bread | ||
| Idioms | lo mejor que se ha inventado (en mucho tiempo) | the best thing since sliced bread | ||
| Speaking | ||||
| Speaking | ese es un nombre inventado | that's a made-up name | ||
| Colloquial | ||||
| Colloquial | no haber inventado la pólvora [v] | be a couple of sandwiches short of a picnic | ||
| Colloquial | no haber inventado la pólvora [v] | be dumb as a box of rocks | ||
| Colloquial | no haber inventado la pólvora [v] | be as dumb as a bag of hammers | ||
| Colloquial | no haber inventado la pólvora [v] | be as dumb as a bag of rocks | ||
| Colloquial | no haber inventado la pólvora [v] | be a couple sandwiches short of a picnic | ||
| Colloquial | no haber inventado la pólvora [v] | not be the sharpest crayon in the box | ||
